Please please please please forgive me for the LONGEST WAIT EVER. I was extremely busy with school, and then summer college classes, and just tons of other things! I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, so please stay with me!

There was originally supposed to be a lot more to this chapter, but I wante to get it out to you guys . . . I hope that is okay! Message me or leave a comment if you want to ask me any questions! Or anything, really!

Enjoy!

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The last time she had seen Jared, which was when he had given her a ride home, she had really enjoyed his company. He was a really nice guy, and even was sorta funny. It wasn't that Anouk didn't like him. That wasn't it at all. She would rather just be hanging out with someone else.

Someone paler.

Someone blonder.

Someone more dangerous.

Anouk snorted. Someone more dangerous? Seriously? She was sitting on the counter of the sink in the girls' bathroom at the movie theater in Port Angeles. Jared had taken her to see some movie about some British people or something; she wasn't really paying attention. She had excused herself to go to the restroom when Jared kept looking at her out of the corner of her eye.

And now that's where she sat. She knew she couldn't sit in there for the rest of the movie, but she was planning on sitting in there for a little while longer.

Something vibrated in her pocket and Anouk silently wished it were Jasper before pulling her phone out of her jeans. It was a text message.

Bored?

Anouk smiled and looked up to the ceiling, thanking whoever had just granted her wish. Instead of hitting the reply button, Anouk hit the call button, and put her phone up to her ear as it dialed the number.

"I'm assuming you are bored, then?" a deep voice answered on the other line after just one ring.

"Not bored," Anouk said smiling into the phone. "Just . . . preoccupied with my own thoughts."

"What are you doing?"

"Seeing a movie."

"What movie?"

Anouk paused as she tried to remember the name of the movie she was trying to pay attention to. "I have no idea. There are a lot of accents, though."

There was a deep laugh on the other end, and Anouk bit her lip when she heard it. Such an alluring voice. "You really are preoccupied."

Anouk giggled slightly and sighed. What wouldn't she do to be with him right now instead of being stuck all the way in Port Angeles with Jared. Not that there was anything wrong with him.

"Why is it so echo-y?" Jasper questioned. Anouk looked at her knees, confused.

"I didn't even say anything."

Another laugh. "I can hear you breathing."

"Oh," Anouk chuckled. "Right. I forgot about your super-hearing. I'm in the bathroom."

Silence. Anouk waited for a response but didn't get one. She started a little.

"Sitting on the sink in the bathroom," she specified, blushing.

"I figured."

Anouk smiled and resisted the urge to sigh again. She could really listen to him talk for hours. He voice was so smooth and entrancing. Every time he said something, he left Anouk hanging on his word, just wanting him so keep talking so she could hear his voice. She glanced at the clock on the wall and nearly groaned. "I'd better go before Jared thinks I fell down the toilet," she sighed.

Jasper chuckled. "Alright. See you later."

"Bye," Anouk said, slightly breathlessly before hanging up the phone and jumping off the counter. She looked in the mirror and ran her hand through her hair. The fluorescent lighting shone off it, making it look slightly blue where the light hit it. She never really noticed her hair was that dark.

She shook her head and walked out of the bathroom. She walked towards the theater across the building. She stopped as she passed the concession stand, deciding she wanted some Milk Duds.

She made her way down the row in the dark to her seat next to Jared after she had bought her Milk Duds. She'd stepped on someone's feet and nearly fell on this one bald man on her way there.

"I got some Milk Duds. Do you want some?" Anouk asked politely once she sat down.

"Sure," Jared whispered, and she dumped some into his hand. He smiled brightly at her, and Anouk forced a smile back. She turned her attention to the movie, hoping he would follow suit. He did, and Anouk sighed in relief mentally. She wouldn't have been able to stand it if he kept looking at her.

"Where's Lucille?" the tall man on the screen asked his companion.

"I left her in William's apartment," he replied. Anouk had no idea what was going on, but she didn't dare tune the movie out. She was afraid Jared would notice.

The tall man let out a yell of frustration and hit his fist hard against the wall. "That's where they're going!" he yelled dramatically. Anouk didn't know who they were, but she doubted they were the good guys. "They're going to kill her."

Anouk's phone vibrated in her pocket again, but she ignored it. She couldn't wait to be out of there and at home, where she could talk to Jasper. How could he be so amazingly perfect, she wondered.

She tried so hard to picture his face as it really was, but she had a feeling she wasn't doing it any justice. He was so . . .

"Gorgeous," said a woman on the screen. Anouk focused on the screen again. She was holding a knife to another woman's neck, smiling evilly at her. "You really are quite pretty. Too bad," she said, feigning sadness.

Anouk rested her chin on the seat in front of her. No one was sitting there.

Yes. He is just so gorgeous, Anouk thought. Couldn't have said it better myself.

She let her mind drift to more thoughts of Jasper. She blinked slowly, keeping her eyes closed as she thought about his voice. She really did love it. Especially when that accent slipped through.

She opened her eyes and looked at the seat next to her, which had been empty, the last time she checked. So she was slightly shocked to see someone sitting next to her, smiling warmly.

Anouk grinned and leaned back in her seat so their faces were closer. "Thought I'd visit you," he whispered, answering he unasked question. He shrugged. "Can't get you off my mind."

Right back at you, Anouk thought, though she was finding it difficult to form words so she kept her mouth set in a grin. Even in the darkness of the movie theater, he was breath taking.

He had a sort of boyish charm about him, though he was still quite manly. The way his eyes crinkled slightly when he smiled, or maybe it was just the way he smiled . . . really smiled, anyways. This was really the first time she had seen him flash a smile that reached his eyes.

He brought his hand up to her face and gently stroked her cheek with his thumb, and Anouk closed her eyes at the touch. He had soft skin.

She was a little confused . . . hadn't touching been off-limits?

His thumb brushed across her cheek again, and she didn't care what he said earlier about touching. He brought his other hand up to the other side of her face, gently tilting it to the side, exposing her neck fully. She took a shaky breath as he moved closer to her and she felt his breath on her neck. He paused before moving any closer, and Anouk's eyes closed and she sighed as Jasper gently pressed his lips onto the side of her neck.

He pulled away, but Anouk didn't open her eyes. She felt weak in the knees . . . even though she was sitting. She had officially turned to mush.

"Anouk."

"Hmm?" she replied softly.

"Anouk?"

Anouk's eyebrows pulled together, though her eyes remained shut. That wasn't the right voice. Anouk slowly opened her eyes and looked around. Jasper was nowhere to be seen. She turned around and looked at Jared, who was smiling at her, looking very amused.

"Did you doze off?" he laughed quietly.

"No . . . just day dreaming I guess . . ." she whispered with a tinge of sadness. She sighed and leaned back in her seat. She tried to focus on the movie now . . . she didn't want to have another daydream only to be disappointed that he wasn't really there.

She sighed as she shifted and brought her legs up onto the seat. She tried to stop thinking about Jasper so that she could pay attention to the movie, though she was beginning to feel like that was impossible.

Someone on the screen just got shot. Anouk jumped slightly at the noise, and let out a breath. She heard Jared chuckle and she glared at him playfully. Sitting all the way back in her chair, she ran her hand through her hair.

The movie finally got her attention when an action-packed scene came on. People were shooting and stabbing each other, and Anouk was really enjoying it, until she felt someone tug on her hair. They had picked up a few curly locks, and Anouk stiffened as she heard the person smell it.

Suddenly scared, Anouk began to turn around slowly, but when she looked around, no one was behind her. No one was even in that row. Anouk let out a shaky breath and looked around the theater.

All around the dark room, people were watching the movie with different expressions; a few people looked bored, a few sat with wide eyes staring unblinkingly at the screen. There was even a young couple making out in the back row. But there was one woman who wasn't watching the movie at all.

Anouk's eyes locked the a woman who was staring at her, and her breaths started getting harder and shallower. The woman's long black hair shone red where the light hit it, which made her red eyes stand out even more as she smirked at Anouk.

Anouk turned back around slowly, her heart pounding in her ears. It was the woman from the woods. She couldn't catch her breath, and every movement she made was in slow motion as she glanced again at the woman, who was now grinning.

Anouk swallowed as she gripped Jared's arm with all her strength. Jared turned to her, worried.

"Anouk?" he whispered. "What's wrong?"

Anouk shook her head slightly and closed her eyes. This couldn't be happening. She didn't stand a chance against a vampire without Jasper. And yet here she was, the vampire that had tried to eat her in the woods! Anouk panicked mentally. What should she do?!

"I have to get out," she whispered, barely audible. She stood and quickly made her way out of the row, knocking over several people's popcorn in the process.

"Anouk? What—" but Anouk didn't listen as she bolted out of the theater. She stood in the lobby, looking around at the staff sweeping or chatting about nothing. She was still breathing heavily.

Anouk . . . Anouk! She heard a smooth woman's voice call and then laugh as Anouk looked around frantically. No one else seemed to hear it, and Anouk began to panic.

The walls around her started to beat in time with her heart, with each beat they came in closer and closer and closer, as the voice continued to call her with a sinister yet smooth sound

She looked at each person who was in the lobby, mostly just the staff, though the room was spinning. Everyone was staring at her, glowing red eyes wide with amusement as they advanced on her with grins.

"Run, Annie! Run!" the woman laughed and Anouk didn't think twice about it. She bolted out of the theater as fast as her legs would carry her. When she was outside on the sidewalk, she quickly glanced in both directions to see if anyone was coming.

What she saw terrified her. The buildings around her were crumbling to the ground, as if they were being crushed or pushed over by a giant. As the buildings nearer to her fell, Anouk thought she wouldn't be able to get out of there alive for she was paralyzed with fear. But eventually she was able make her legs move, and she ran in the opposite direction of the crumbling buildings, her heart pounding in her ears.

She turned down an alley and ran to the end of it. It was a dead end. Anouk gasped and turned around so that her back was to the wall. All the walls were getting closer and closer together, enclosing her in what would be a box and she sank to the ground as her legs had given out. Anouk tried to breathe but it was proving difficult to catch her breath.

Something gripped her shoulders, and Anouk closed her eyes tightly, though some tears managed to make their way through.

"Anouk! Anouk!" the woman's voice called, but there was another voice behind it. Anouk tried to push whatever was holding her away, and she called out, though it wasn't coherent due to her hysterics.

"Anouk!" A wave of calm washed over her and she slowly opened her eyes as she took a few deep, shaky breaths. Jasper was watching her with a concerned expression, holding her shoulders securely yet gently. "Anouk, what's wrong?" he asked quietly and hurriedly.

"I—I . . .," she choked out, still not able to complete a coherent sentence. She looked around the alley, very confused. The walls had been closing in on her, and all the buildings had been crumbling, but now it looked as if nothing had even happened.

"Are you hurt?" Jasper asked, not taking his eyes off Anouk, though she was still looking around.

She took some more deep breaths and examined herself quickly. She closed her eyes for a moment and shook her head. Anouk felt another ripple of calmness and her breaths became more even, though still heavy.

After a couple breaths, the numbness she felt was gone, and she choke back a sob as a tear slipped down her cheek. Jasper quickly yet gently wiped it away, still watching her with concern.

"Come on," Jasper said, helping her up. He dropped her hands as soon as she was standing, though he kept his hand on the small of her back, leading her gently toward the end of the alley.

His body suddenly stiffened, and a scowled appeared on his face. "You smell like dog," he half growled.

Anouk looked at him from the corner of her eye, too shook up to say anything to the insult. Why would he say something like that?

They reached the end of the alley, and began to approach Jasper's car that was parked next to the curb of the adjacent road. As they crossed the sidewalk, Jared came trotting towards them, a slightly panic-stricken expression on his face. Jasper growled and at the same time Jared noticed them, and got an angered expression himself.

"What did you do to her?" Jasper growled at Jared, and Anouk was slightly shocked to hear such a tone.

"Get away from her!" Jared exclaimed angrily, slightly shaking.

"Anouk," Jasper said calmly, though he was still glaring at Jared, unblinkingly, "get in the car."

Anouk opened her mouth to protest, but Jasper led her less gently to the passenger side of the car, opened the door, and ushered her inside, still being careful. He shut the door with some force and walked swiftly up to Jared, who was glaring at jasper with such a look of anger that Anouk though he might explode at any second.

"I should rip you head off," Jared said menacingly.

Jasper continued to look him in the eye. He looked equally menacing, though he was much more calm and collected. "I'd like to see you try, pup."

"If you hurt her. . ." Jared said low and menacingly, and Jasper glared.

"Apparently it's not in my company that she get's hurt in, but yours." Jasper took a step away and looked Jared over. "Stay away from me and Anouk. I don't want to see you near her ever again."

Before Jared could respond, Jasper was getting smoothly into the driver's side of the car. Jasper watched Anouk as he pulled into the street; she was looking out the window though Jasper knew she wasn't really seeing anything. He could feel the distress overwhelming her and he tried to get her to calm down, though it was proving difficult.

What ever had just happened, it definitely scared Anouk out of her wits.

Looking at Anouk occasionally, Jasper drove quickly back to Forks and to Anouk's house. All the lights were off; her mother must have gone to bed already. Jasper turned off his car and got out, quickly rushing to the passenger side and helping Anouk out of the car.

The smell of her blood was strong, and tempting, pumping through her veins at an extraordinary rate; probably from what Jasper assumed was a panic attack. She had calmed down significantly now that they had reached her home, but Jasper hardly dared to breathe. He was too close too risk it, and no one was here to stop him from doing anything to her.

He led her cautiously up the front porch and reached for the handle of the dark wood door. As he assumed, it was locked. "Anouk, do you have a key?" he asked quietly.

She only nodded and bent down to retrieve a spare key from underneath a welcome mat. She didn't attempt to open the door herself (her hand was shaking) but instead dropped the key into Jasper's hand. Keeping one hand on the small of her back, Jasper unlocked and opened Anouk's front door before leading her inside.

A gust of Anouk's scent blew at his face, and Jasper knew he had to get out of there as soon as possible. He led her quickly up the stairs in the darkness and into her room. He finally flicked on her light, and as he did so, Anouk stepped away from him and took her coat off as she stared at the floor blankly. She threw the coat into the corner and crawled onto her bed, sitting in the middle of it.

Jasper watched her carefully as she took a breath and ran a hand through her hair, looking at different places in the room.

Jasper wondered if he should say something to her, or let her completely calm down first.

"Anouk, are you okay?" he said somewhat lamely.

She looked at him and licked her lips. "I think so . . ." she said quietly. "I'm confused."

"I know."

Silence fell over them as they looked at each other meaningfully. Jasper inhaled and was overcome with Anouk's scent. "I have to go," he said and made his way towards the window. He opened it and looked out, about to make his departure.

"Jasper," she said hoarsely and Jasper turned around. Anouk looked at him with eyes full of panic, and Jasper felt the confusion and fear radiating from her.

"What is it?" he asked hurriedly and worriedly.

For a moment it looked as if she was going to cry, but she closed her eyes and swallowed before answering. "What is going on? Why is this happening to me?" she asked, her voice cracking. She looked down at her folded hands, breathing deeply.

Jasper stepped away from the window and kneeled by Anouk's bed, looking at Anouk's lowered face. "Why is what happening?" he asked, stilled in a hushed tone.

She looked up at him and bit her lip, her eyes getting glassy. "It was her," she sobbed. "The vampire from the forest; she was there in the theater."

"What?" he asked seriously, his eyes getting wider. Anouk was crying now, from fear, and Jasper knew that any shock she was experiencing was gone now, and she could comprehend what had happened.

"I saw her in the theater, and I-I didn't know what to do," Anouk continued. "So I just ran." Anouk opened her mouth as if to say something else but closed it and shrugged not knowing what else to say. She looked away as she ran a hand through her hair again and took a shaky breath. "I just don't get what she wants from me!"

Jasper sat down on the edge of her bed, careful to hold his breath. It was getting significantly more difficult to be control the intense burning in his throat, and he knew that if he stayed much longer he would a danger to Anouk. Despite the difficulty, he placed his hand gently on her shoulder, barely touching her. Anouk turned to him and looked at him, trouble.

She must have seen the strained expression his face because she shook her head and said, "Go. You're not comfortable."

"I want to stay with you," he said, though he knew that was out of the question.

"I'm fine," she said firmly, determined to convince both Jasper and herself. She nodded. "We'll just . . . see each other tomorrow, and . . . and . . ." She trailed off.

Jasper looked at her hesitantly for a moment without moving before nodding and slowing getting up from the bed. He walked again to the window and placed a hand on the side, as if ready to jump out. He turned around to her again. "I'm not going to let anything happen to you."

Anouk tried to smile, and nodded, looking around the room as she ran her hand through her hair yet again. When she looked back to the window, he was gone. She sighed and got off the bed, stripping off her clothed before crawling in to bed and drifting to an uneasy sleep.

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There you go! I hope you liked it, as it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted it . . . but oh well.

Here are some responses to reviews:

AlinaLotus: Jasper and Alice seem like just brother and sister because that is indeed what they are! There will be something later in the story about that.

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To everyone who gave me some lines or ideas: MUCH APPRECIATED! There were some good ideas and I am sure I am going to use some soon! When I do, I will definitely let the world know who gave me the idea! Let credit be give where it should, I always say. Not really. But seriously.

If ANYONE has any ideas, or a line, put it in the comments, because I am making a list of the ones that I would like to use!

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